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Teen charged in pair of Chicago armed robberies

By Will Hager
Published  July 4, 2025 8:30am CDT
Hyde Park
FOX 32 Chicago

The Brief

    • A teen has been arrested in connection with a February armed robbery in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. 
    • He was taken into custody Thursday morning in Bridgeview and charged with two felony counts of armed robbery with a firearm. 
    • The suspect, a juvenile at the time of the crime, is accused of robbing two 21-year-olds at gunpoint and is set to appear in juvenile court.

CHICAGO - A teen was arrested this week in connection with robbing two people earlier this year in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood, police said.

What we know:

The suspect, who was a juvenile at the time of the incident, was taken into custody Thursday morning by members of the Area One Vehicular Hijacking Team in Bridgeview, according to a Chicago Police Department news release. Authorities said he was arrested around 10:15 a.m. in Bridgeview.

He has been charged with two felony counts of armed robbery with a firearm.

Police said the charges stem from a Feb. 6 incident in the 5200 block of South Greenwood Avenue, where the suspect and at least one other individual allegedly robbed a 21-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman at gunpoint.

The teen is scheduled to appear in juvenile court for a detention hearing on July 18.

No further information was immediately released.

The Source: The information in this report came from the Chicago Police Department.

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